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Because the line "We've only begun..." between verses one and two requires all four parts of the chord to be sung in order for it to work. Given the fact that there is an overlap into the second verse—with Karen covering one of the four parts, it wasn't possible for her to sing the next line.Why is the lyric "before the risin sun we fly" omitted from live concert performances of "We've only just begun" ... I don't get it
It's really inexcusable that an essential and poetical part of the lyrics should be sacrificed in a live performance so that the harmony of a transitory passage - no matter how lovely - would conform to that established "artificially" in the studio.Because the line "We've only begun..." between verses one and two requires all four parts of the chord to be sung in order for it to work. Given the fact that there is an overlap into the second verse—with Karen covering one of the four parts, it wasn't possible for her to sing the next line.
Yes, absolutely - maybe more than one, and for in studio recording too, so that the live performances more closely matched the recordings...they could have and should have used several of the best singers from their college choir......yes, I agree that they should have hired a female backing singer to help out with those kinds of situations.
And do you know what Richard's response would have been?Yes, absolutely - maybe more than one, and for in studio recording too, so that the live performances more closely matched the recordings...they could have and should have used several of the best singers from their college choir...
But, nobody has addressed my main point above: why in hell's name would anyone in their right mind tell Karen to not sing essential lyrics just to brace up a short harmonized section of a song - how many people in the audience would notice , or care? A decision, as they say, "unencumbered by the thought process".